The Lost Nashville Sessions (Remastered) George Jones

• 1 The Window Up Above 02:54
• 2 I'll Share My World With You 02:37
• 3 The Race Is On 02:02
• 4 The Grand Tour 03:07
• 5 Once You've Had The Best 03:22
• 6 Love Bug 01:53
• 7 She Thinks I Still Care 02:49
• 8 Four O Thirty Three 02:24
• 9 The Honky Tonk Downstairs 02:35
• 10 Old Brush Arbors 03:27
• 11 A Picture Of Me Without You 02:23
• 12 Walk Through This World With Me 02:26
• 13 Tender Years 02:43
• 14 She's Mine 03:08
• 15 White Lightnin' 02:24
• 16 Hey, Good Lookin' 02:27
• Total Runtime 42:41

Info for The Lost Nashville Sessions (Remastered)

Jones, of course, is George Jones, frequently described as the greatest country singer of all time. He had an instinctive ability to inhabit a song totally and embody the emotion of the lyrics. Listening to Jones sing a song is to experience the pain, the loss, the yearning - and sometimes the joy - that Jones himself is feeling as he sings. A George Jones song is an emotional experience. The music in this album is as unique as George Jones himself. Although many of the song titles will be familiar to his fans, none of these actual recordings have ever been commercially released until now.

These recordings were made explicitly for radio airplay in the 1970s. They were recorded, often in only one or two takes, with an announcer's voice between the songs, and then sent out to radio stations. The stations would air the programs and often discard or destroy them afterward. Country Rewind Records President and Executive Producer Thomas Gramuglia discovered the original boxed master tapes, and although many were in bad shape and hadn't been touched in many years, he knew that true fans would want to hear them. Gramuglia delivered the rare tapes into the safe hands of producer Paul Martin, who utilized his skill to rescue the music. Paul removed the announcements and other extraneous material as well as bringing the audio quality up to twenty-first century standards, discreetly adding instrumentation, under Jones' voice where necessary.

Jones sounds more relaxed on these recordings, without the pressure of going into a studio intent on coming up with the next hit song, recording take after take. Here, he sings songs that he knows by heart, such as his salute to Hank Williams, "Hey, Good Lookin'," and versions of some of his biggest country hits, including "The Race Is On," "The Grand Tour," "She Thinks I Still Care" and his first Number One song, "White Lightnin'." The Lost Nashville Sessions also includes lost versions of fan-favorite songs such as "Walk Through This World With Me" and "Tender Years" - both of which topped the Billboard Country charts. Listen to tracks such as "A Picture Of Me (Without You)," "Four-O-Thirty Three," and "Love Bug," and you can see why many of today's country artists who weren't even born in the '60s and '70s hold George Jones in such reverence.

George Jones

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George Jones
is regarded among the most important and influential singers in American popular music history. He was the singer of enduring country music hits including “She Thinks I Still Care,” “The Grand Tour,” “Walk Through This World With Me,” “Tender Years” and “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” the latter of which is often at the top of industry lists of the greatest country music singles of all time. Born in Saratoga, Texas, Jones played on the streets of Beaumont for tips as a teenager. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps before returning to Texas and recording for the Starday label in Houston, Texas. In 1955, his “Why Baby Why” became his first Top 10 country single, peaking at number four and beginning a remarkable commercial string: Jones would ultimately record more than 160 charting singles, more than any other artist in any format in the history of popular music. His first number-one hit came in 1959 with “White Lightning,” a Mercury Records single that topped the Billboard country charts for five weeks. He moved on to United Artists and then to Musicor, notching hits including “She Thinks I Still Care,” “The Race Is On,” “A Good Year for the Roses” and “Walk Through This World With Me.”

Jones signed with Epic Records in 1971 and worked with producer Billy Sherrill to craft a sound at once elegant and rooted, scoring with “The Grand Tour,” “Bartenders Blues” and many more. Sherrill also produced duets between Jones and his then-wife Tammy Wynette, and in the 1970s they scored top-charting hits including “We’re Gonna Hold On,” “Golden Ring” and “Near You.” By the time “Golden Ring” and “Near You” hit in 1976, Jones and Wynette were divorced, and Jones was battling personal demons. His solo career cooled until 1980 when he recorded “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” a ballad penned by Curly Putman and Bobby Braddock that helped Jones win Country Music Association prizes for best male vocal and top single. “He Stopped Loving Her Today” revived a flagging career, and Jones won the CMA’s Top Male Vocalist award in 1980 and 1981. He also earned a Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance. He signed with MCA Records in 1990 and began a successful run, and he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1992. His guest vocal on Patty Loveless’ “You Don’t Seem To Miss Me” won a CMA award for top vocal event in 1998, and it became his final Top 20 country hit.

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